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Is this church?
There is a moment that I can vividly remember sitting in a big church building with people I adore who were feuding over a particular leader along with any other thing they could toss in the fight. It was heartbreaking and not God-honoring worried more about Robert’s Rules of Order than the Word of God.…
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Elisabeth the Believer
Recently, I began to look into some mothers of the bible for a Mother’s Day talk. As I was searching I came across a list of mother’s in the Bible. Each mother had a tagline. When I got to Elisabeth, I read her tagline. Elisabeth the Believer. When I was reading about Elisabeth, I immediately thought…
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The Pursuit of Hospitality is Holy.
As I began to read the Bible through the lens of hospitality, I began to see hospitality in every story. From the very beginning, hospitality has been at the forefront of relationships. God offered the first invitation to community in the garden. The land he created, the food he provided, and even a way back…
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We Were on a Break!
Hey Y’all! I’m back! I took a break from blogging. There were many and varied reasons for this break and many of those reasons are still present and active today. BUT I missed you all. I missed sharing my silly stories, my God stories, and hearing your stories. Where’d ya go, Bernadette? Real talk? My…
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Fasting or Famine
My favorite bible study of all time is Jesus the One and Only by Beth Moore. There are many reasons it is my favorite. The biggest reason is every time I go through it, I am reminded of God’s incredible, inexplicable love for us and it kindles a fire deep in my soul for him.…
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Hurry up!
I am always on time. Rarely, am I late. If I am, I am probably not too happy. I hate being late. I might add that this happened later in life, because as a teenager I am pretty sure I contributed to my Dad’s gray hairs with my inability to be on time. Yesterday, my…
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Love is the greatest
I Corinthians 13:13 has always been a beloved scripture, but today I saw it in a new light.
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Bad Guys Beware
In December, I was completing my final two courses for my M.Div. I was stressed, tired, and home alone, so I decided to use the time wisely and study for my final exam. I was laser focused on my notes. I had taken some on the computer, so I decided to print my notes. As…
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The Magic Coffee Cup
This morning as I was drinking my coffee, I sat my cup down and noticed there was a faint dark line that would rise as my cup was jostled about. When I drink coffee, I like a little coffee with my ever-so-fabulous caramel macchiato creamer. My black-coffee-drinking husband, Jamey, calls it sissy coffee.…
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Be Like Patrick
St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Dublin, IrelandAbout 2 years ago, I was taking two classes at Luther Rice Seminary that forever changed my life. One class was Personal and Church Evangelism and the other was Church History. This was a strategic pairing on my part. History is not my jam, so I knew that I had to choose my…
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